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johnslavik

opened on Oct 20, 2026

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Feature or enhancement

Current vs expected:

 (Pdb) class A:
 ...       pass
 ...
 ...   class B(A):
 ...       pass
 ...
 ...   B()
 ...
-*** SyntaxError: invalid syntax
+<__main__.B object at 0x107affce0>

(Whereas the main interactive REPL supports multi-class one-turn prompts from the user).

Found during stress-testing #157612 and discussed with @gaogaotiantian.

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

This is a minor feature, which does not need previous discussion elsewhere

Links to previous discussion of this feature:

No response

Linked PRs

• gh-159887: Support multiple statements in pdb prompts #160039

Reacted by Neko Asakura

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6. gaogaotiantian commented on Oct 20, 2026

   

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   I figure you want to work on this yourself @johnslavik ?
7. johnslavik commented on Oct 20, 2026

   

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   @gaogaotiantian Yeah I'm working on it!

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